A 3D study of the CO2 naturally stocked: the case of Minero-Florida block in the Sabinas basin, north of Mexico

J. C. Gallardo and L. Martinez and Guillaume Caumon and Judith Sausse. ( 2008 )
in: Proc. 28th Gocad Meeting, Nancy

Abstract

We present a method to calculate the 3D distribution of CO2 formed and/or stocked in the block Minero-Florida (MF) of the Sabinas basin. This basin is located in the northern part of Mexico, 180 km from the border with the USA. It is a basin producer of natural CH4 gas which contains more than 5km of Mesozoic sedimentary rocks deposited in a marine environment. The construction of the spatial distribution maps of CO2 is supported by the 3D seismic interpretation of the block MF and its interpretation as a 3D structural model built with GOCAD geomodeling software. CO2 data consist of punctual measurements in five wells, geochemical model results and of the CO2 resulting from the tests carried out on geochemistry and petrographic characterization of rocks from various sedimentary formations and their fluids. The CO2 and CH4 volumetric maps were generated as: a) in-situ gas analysis, b) obtained by artificial maturation laboratory, c) generated from the theorical Van Krevelen, d) resulting from the sample analysis on Rock-Eval pyrolysis, e) calculated with geochemical Petromod software. Results we also conducted an assessment of the best exploitation location to drill to new wells in the area, considering the CO2 associated with the CH4. This work will support meaningfully the decision-making of exploration of geochemical engineering, in view of the location of future drilling of wells. Our methodology can be adapted also to other areas of oil exploration.

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    @inproceedings{311_gallardo,
     abstract = { We present a method to calculate the 3D distribution of CO2 formed and/or stocked
    in the block Minero-Florida (MF) of the Sabinas basin. This basin is located in the
    northern part of Mexico, 180 km from the border with the USA. It is a basin producer of
    natural CH4 gas which contains more than 5km of Mesozoic sedimentary rocks
    deposited in a marine environment. The construction of the spatial distribution maps of
    CO2 is supported by the 3D seismic interpretation of the block MF and its interpretation
    as a 3D structural model built with GOCAD geomodeling software. CO2 data consist of
    punctual measurements in five wells, geochemical model results and of the CO2
    resulting from the tests carried out on geochemistry and petrographic characterization
    of rocks from various sedimentary formations and their fluids. The CO2 and CH4
    volumetric maps were generated as: a) in-situ gas analysis, b) obtained by artificial
    maturation laboratory, c) generated from the theorical Van Krevelen, d) resulting from
    the sample analysis on Rock-Eval pyrolysis, e) calculated with geochemical Petromod
    software. Results we also conducted an assessment of the best exploitation location to
    drill to new wells in the area, considering the CO2 associated with the CH4. This work
    will support meaningfully the decision-making of exploration of geochemical
    engineering, in view of the location of future drilling of wells. Our methodology can be
    adapted also to other areas of oil exploration. },
     author = { Gallardo, J. C. AND Martinez, L. AND Caumon, Guillaume AND Sausse, Judith },
     booktitle = { Proc. 28th Gocad Meeting, Nancy },
     title = { A 3D study of the CO2 naturally stocked: the case of Minero-Florida block in the Sabinas basin, north of Mexico },
     year = { 2008 }
    }